Coverage Report - org.dishevelled.evolve.Selection
 
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Selection
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 /*
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     dsh-evolve  Framework for evolutionary algorithms.
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     Copyright (c) 2005-2013 held jointly by the individual authors.
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     This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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     under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
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     by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
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     your option) any later version.
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     This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
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     ANY WARRANTY; with out even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
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     FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public
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     License for more details.
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     You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
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     along with this library;  if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
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     Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307  USA.
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     > http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/lgpl.html
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     > http://www.opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-license.php
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 */
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 package org.dishevelled.evolve;
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 import java.util.Collection;
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 import org.dishevelled.weighted.WeightedMap;
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 /**
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  * A selection function.
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  *
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  * @param <I> individual type
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  * @author  Michael Heuer
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  */
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 public interface Selection<I>
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 {
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     /**
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      * Select individuals from the specified population of individuals based on
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      * the specified fitness scores.
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      *
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      * @param population population of individuals
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      * @param scores fitness scores
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      * @return a collection of individuals selected from the specified population
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      *    of individuals
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      * @throws IllegalStateException if the total weight of the scores is zero
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      */
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     Collection<I> select(Collection<I> population, WeightedMap<I> scores);
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 }